August 10, 2025
Exit Signs Partnership with CLW in Netherlands
For many years now, Exit International (based in Australia but operating internationally) and Cooperatie Laatste Wil – known as CLW or ‘Last Will Cooperation’ – in the Netherlands have spearheaded the global, self-help approach to a good death. This month the two organisations have signed a MoU (memorandum of understanding) to work together on promoting […]
August 6, 2025
Family Horror as Pegasos Sends WhatsApp saying Mum, 58, is Dead
TRAGIC MUM Family horror as suicide clinic ‘sends them WhatsApp saying their mum, 58, is dead and her ashes are in the post’ Maureen Slough’s family say their beloved mum had been battling mental illness for a long time reports Eliana Nunes. AN IRISH family was left devastated after allegedly receiving a text from a […]
August 3, 2025
A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death
A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice – Tatiana Andia knew Colombia would permit her a medically assisted death. She took her country with her on the journey to dying. Stephanie Nolen is examining medically assisted death around the world. She reported this story in Cartagena and Bogotá, Colombia for […]
July 27, 2025
California remains squeamish about medical aid in dying
The California Department of Public Health released its most recent data on what’s officially known as the End of Life Act this month, and the interesting gap between the larger number of prescriptions written, and the smaller number of folks who actually use those prescriptions, continues reports TERI SFORZA One-third of MAID prescriptions sit on nightstands, […]
July 21, 2025
New York weighs a Decision on Medical Aid in Dying
By MAYA KAUFMAN and KATELYN CORDERO for Polltico New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing a political tripwire as she weighs the future of a decade-old bill that would allow terminally ill people to obtain life-ending medication. The bill would make New York the 12th state in the country to legalize medical aid in dying. […]
July 20, 2025
New Sarco Goes Into Production
While the Swiss prosecutor ponders his next move in the on-going investigation in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, a new Sarco goes into production in the Netherlands. The ‘Double Dutch’ Sarco is a twin pod, that can be configured to accommodate either one or two people. Elderly couples dying together is a rising trend. Demand […]
July 18, 2025
Slovenia Chooses the Medical Model
Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries giving terminally-ill adults the right to end their lives if they face unbearable suffering with no expectation of improvement reports Reuters (Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic & Alexandra Hudson). Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are among the countries to […]
July 13, 2025
San Diego Reader Relives the Good O’ Days of Tijuana Nembutal
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original illustrations […]
